20 Super Easy Grey's Anatomy Doctor's Names, And 15 Even True Fans Forget
- by Danielle Lasher
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In an era where shows are leaving TV and hopping over to streaming sites, there still remain a venerable few. Without a doubt, Grey's Anatomy continues to find new life even after 14 seasons. Although the show looked to be on life support at one point, it's officially back online and shows little signs of stopping. In spite of Shonda Rhimes' other shows reaching their peak—like Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder—Grey's Anatomy got a second wind.
For being on the air as long as it has, there have been a number of characters to come and go over the years—not to mention the hospital itself, which has had its share of name changes season after season. Nonetheless, no matter how many characters check in and out of Seattle Grace—correction, Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital—the show keeps redefining itself.
Whether fans have been with the show since the beginning, or even if they hopped on the bandwagon late, they know all the main characters by heart. Some of them even know the more minor characters, although lesser so. It's going to take a real fan to be able to draw back on their memory. Those up to the task have the ultimate Grey's Anatomy quiz before them. It's up to the most knowledgeable fans to give it all they've got.
Who is this character?
This character was close to meeting their fate, along with her friend and colleague, George O'Malley. While both characters are flatlining, this character happens to be the only one they're able to revive. She has a heart for patients in need, including one particular patient she falls in love with. Denny Duquette even ended up being her fiancé before he passed away. As a result of her caring heart for others, she tends to draw the criticism of her colleagues who want her to stay professional. Pick the recurring Grey's character.
Who is this character?
This character, like Meredith, has had a whirlwind of a story throughout the series. She's gone through trial after trial. One of the central arcs for this character is her relationship and marriage to Jackson Avery. When their marriage was on the fritz, she suddenly got pregnant with a child. Although she gave birth to the baby, it had complications and didn't live very long. This caused her to question some things in life, which led to her leaving the marriage for some time. Pick the character.
Who is this character?
This character has a background as a doctor in the military. Early on the show, he helps George O'Malley who enlists in the U.S. Army. He's the Head of Trauma at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. As soon as he arrived in Seattle, he showed off his medical skills in using a pen to do a tracheotomy on a patient. This earned the difficult-to-attain respect of Cristina, who took an early liking to him. Pick the character who becomes romantically involved with Cristina.
Who is this character?
This is one of the deceased characters who wasn't able to survive a plane crash. He, like many of the handsome fellas on the show, got a nickname from the fans. Known best as "McSteamy," this character's most notable romances include Lexie Grey and Callie Torres. The latter of which, he had a kid with. His best friend is Derek, although the two didn't get along to kick off the series. He was sleeping with Addison Montgomery, Derek's wife. Choose the character.
Who is this character?
Although this character didn't live past Season 5, he had an honorable end. He ended up saving another person's life who was going to get hit by an oncoming car. When they took this character to the hospital to get fixed up, Meredith is helping George but doesn't realize it's him from the injuries. Once he's able to spell out "007," she realizes it's him. This character's nickname was "007," which is a reference to James Bond, who has a "License to Kill." Pick the character.
Who is this character?
The protagonist of the series. She narrates nearly every episode and appears in most episodes. Although she's gone through lots of problems, she manages to get back up and fight another day. Her mother, Ellis Grey, had a complicated relationship with Richard Webber, her former boss. Early on in the show, she sleeps with her boss, Derek, without knowing he's her superior. The actress who plays this role gets $275,000 for every episode she's in (which is the majority).
Who is this character?
Now the Chief of Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, this character is tough as nails. She admits to having nerdy interests when she was younger, including the Star Wars movies. She's married to Ben Warren, who's busy being a firefighter. She has a reputation among the interns and strikes fear into their hearts. She wears her emotions on her sleeves and doesn't hold back in conveying how she feels. Pick which inspiring character fits this description and even makes interns run away.
Who is this character?
If this character had a song based on her, it'd be "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees. She's been through every kind of accident and catastrophe imagined yet survived it all. Her role is special in the show because she owns part of Seattle Grace Hospital (along with Meredith, Derek, Callie, and Cristina). She's so special, Stephanie Edwards once considered whether she "might be immortal." The actress who plays her, in fact, is related to legendary film director Steven Spielberg. Choose the character.
Who is this character?
There's a lot of pressure on this character to live up to the family name. His mom, Catherine, puts a lot of pressure on him to be a great doctor. She ends up having too much control over his life, including the time she sent someone to spy on him. She's always scrutinizing his girlfriends. Although he ended up marrying April Kepner and having a child together, they've experienced a lot of hardships. He once had a fling with Stephanie, though it didn't really go anywhere. Pick this recurring character.
Who is this character?
A major recurring character who's currently no longer on the show. While on the show, she was Meredith's best friend. She's considered to be Meredith's Person, in fact. "Shut up," she once tells Meredith. "I'm your person." She eventually left Seattle in order to take a job at a hospital in Switzerland. She experienced a humorous and unfortunate setback when her eyebrows got shaved off on the day of her wedding. Pick the character described here.
Who is this character?
Fleeing an abusive husband, this character had a rough background coming onto the show. She even had to live in her car for a period of time. Things have turned out better for this character now. She's since found true love and is now with one of the main characters, Alex Karev. In order to keep her profile on the down-low, she's had to keep her name under wraps. Colleagues take to calling her nicknames like Scrooge McDuck. Choose the character.
Who is this character?
This character is Jackson's mom, who's always keeping tabs on him. Of all the characters on the show, she's easily one of the smartest and brightest. Now that she's married to Richard Webber, she can dedicate her time being a board member for the Avery Foundation. Previously, she worked as a urologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital based in Boston and loves to strong arm the other doctors into agreeing with her. Pick this character.
Who is this character?
This character is a mentor to the show's hero, Meredith Grey. He's like a father to her for several reasons, including the fact that he was romantically involved with her mother, Ellis Grey. He later married Adele Webber, who passes away in the show. After his first wife passes away, he marries Catherine Avery (Jackson's mom). Although he was once the Chief of Surgery, he had to step down for a time after struggling with substance depdency. Choose the character.
Who is this character?
This character acted over the position of Chief of Surgery for a brief period. It was as a result of Richard Webber having to step down after struggling with substance abuse. He goes on to become a fan favorite and the husband to the show's titular character. Grey's fans call him by his nickname, "McDreamy." Sadly, the character didn't survive a tragic car accident and left Meredith with three children. Pick the name of this character fans couldn't get enough of.
Who is this character?
Although this character was the lead in a spin-off series called Private Practice, she started off on Grey's Anatomy. In the beginning, she was Derek's wife, though had an affair with his best friend, Mark Sloan. She worked as an OB/GYN and later relocated to the Oceanside Wellness Group where Private Practice takes place. Although her greatest nemesis is poison oak, she was a character popular and strong enough to carry her own series. Pick the character.
Who is this character?
This character is now on a Grey's Anatomy spin-off series called Station 19. Although previously an anesthesiologist, he's now a firefighter. He doesn't like getting mixed up in other people's affairs, instead of keeping to himself. He's married to Miranda Bailey, who often get frustrated at him for the life decisions he makes. He made the mistake once of operating on a woman who was pregnant without permission (which led to his probation). Pick the character that fits this description.
Who is this character?
This character became close to Cristina Yang, in spite of there being a man in between their relationship. She and Owen were very close while working in the military. After coming back stateside, she takes a job working at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. Though at the end of her time on the show, she ends up returning to work in the military. Her scrub cap has birds on in memory of her friend who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Choose the recurring character.
Who is this character?
This character is no longer on the show. Last audiences saw of her, she and Callie Torres went to live in New York together. Most notably, she's known for killing Derek Shepherd. Although she didn't mean to, she failed to stand up to the other doctors and order a CT scan. If she had done the CT scan, then Derek may still be alive. There's some tension between her and Meredith, Derek's wife, following her mistake. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
This character comes from a family of doctors, including her brother Derek. She's had to deal with some hardships over the course of the series. Although everyone in her life confronted her about having an addiction that was ruining her life, she still found a way to be resistant. During her time as an addict, her boyfriend died from an overdose. Eventually, she turned things around and ended up getting married to Owen Hunt. Pick the character who's related to Derek Shepherd.
Who is this character?
This character didn't last too long on the show due to some inappropriate remarks he made off the air about a fellow co-star. His character is brilliant, however, and went on to head a hospital in Switzerland at some point. Although he and Cristina had a relationship, he infamously ends up leaving on the altar. He's known for being so confident in his intelligence that he puts down others. Pick the character who was a series regular until they wrote him off the show.
Who is this character?
Although this character only has a brief appearance on the show, she's one of many tough women. She arrives at the hospital as an intern and old college friend of Meredith's. It doesn't take long for her to show that she has what it takes when she causes herself pain to get ahead. While hanging out with the other interns, she was willing to cut herself so that someone could practice stitching up a wound. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
Early on in the show, this character lived in the hospital's basement. She went on to be a series regular for a decade, even becoming head of orthopedic surgery. Married to George O'Malley—until he cheated on her—she later got with Arizona Robbins. She even went through a stint with Mark Sloan. After some ups and downs with Arizona, they went their separate ways. Now, she's in a relationship with Penelope Blake. They currently live in New York together. Pick the character.
Who is this character?
What would Grey's Anatomy be without its nurses and interns? A fan favorite who appears several times throughout the series, this character has a minor role as a scrub nurse. Although she's not as important or noticed as many of the other characters, what she lacks in status she makes up for in boldness. In one episode, Richard Webber asks her to put on music that he likes to listen to while operating. Pick the name of this memorable scrub nurse.
Who is this character?
Played by Chris O'Donnell, fans love this character even if his role was minor. During his time on the show, he developed a romantic interest in Meredith. A veterinarian, he diagnoses the bone cancer in Meredith's dog, Doc. At one point in the show, Meredith had to have surgery and he visited her. Shortly after the operation, Meredith decided to break things off with him. As a result, the two never went anywhere romantically. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
Although she's a psychiatrist, she technically has her M.D. and Ph.D. (so that technically makes her a doctor). Meredith goes to her for therapy. The sessions started when Derek was seeing another woman. At one point, Meredith had to convince this character that she wasn't invested on an emotional level with patients at the hospital. There was once a tense moment between these two when they disagreed about whether Meredith needed to continue her therapy. Pick the name of this Psychiatrist.
Who is this character?
This character's most notable scene was sleeping with Arizona. This character gets a little obsessed with Arizona, which leads to them hitting things off. Although she wasn't able to hold down a job at the hospital, she returned later on. After an explosion occurred at the mall, she saved patients' lives. Although she made a mistake earlier on in the show, her helping patients left audiences with a positive feeling towards her. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
This character was something of a pawn in Catherine Avery's service. Catherine wanted to keep tabs on her son, Jackson, so she sent this character to check in on him. This character ended up realizing how messed up it was what Catherine did to her son, so she ended up confiding in Jackson. The two got closer as a result. When she's not spying on Jackson, she's a urology fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
Although this character didn't get the Chief of Surgery job, she did have a memorable and welcome appearance on the show. She had managed to impress Catherine Avery, who recommended her for the job. In the end, Miranda Bailey got the position. She ended up launching a hospital in Haiti. She even helped build houses in Houston after there were floods. Audiences thought she might get the job because her presentation went so well. Plus, she acted really professional. Choose the character.
Who is this character?
This character, although not a series regular, had a brief but important relationship with Arizona Robbins. In something of a mentorship capacity, this character was once Head of Fetal Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial. What made this character complex was the fact that she was dying from a brain tumor. There was nothing doctors could do about it, so she put Arizona in a tough situation. If Arizona didn't fess up to this character's tumor, then she could keep teaching Arizona. Pick the name of this character played by Geena Davis.
Who is this character?
There are lots of interns on the show that either annoy some of the main characters or are easily intimidated. He went on to become a resident, where Christina oversaw him. It's a relationship that would continue even later on when he followed her to work in Switzerland at a hospital. When it comes to 3-D printers on the show, no one knows how to use one better. He even went through an energy drink phase. Pick the name of this minor character.
Who is this character?
This character is often stern and doesn't always get the respect of her colleagues. She's the Head of Pathology and works in the morgue. In one instance, Bailey and this character didn't get along. After Mary Portman died, Miranda wanted to perform an autopsy. Instead of doing the autopsy the way Miranda wanted to, this character insisted they follow procedure. In the end, after much conflict between them, Miranda was able to admit to this character they were right. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
A surgical intern at the hospital, this minor character met a horrible end getting electrocuted. She was trying to help Richard Webber during a storm, though didn't notice a puddle of water on the ground that was touching electricity. Although they later took her into surgery, her brain had swelled and there was nothing they could do from a head trauma when she fell. Of all the interns, she was very lively and enthusiastic, though others found her annoying. Pick the name of this character.
Who is this character?
A victim of abuse, this character is a psychiatrist that appeared in Grey's Anatomy season three. She's a more prominent character, however, in Private Practice. One of her patients, whose name is Paul, suffered from erectile dysfunction. This character, in turn, advised him to get it on with his wife even if he didn't feel like it. She ended up telling Paul that he might have a physical problem and that she should see her colleague, Sam. Pick the name of this recurring Private Practice character.
Who is this character?
This character, played by John Cho, appeared in an episode of season 2 called "Damage Case." He's an intern that ended up working overtime and paying the price for it. Driving home, he felt tired from staying at work for so long to watch a surgery. He ended up hitting a car falling asleep at the wheel. This caused a domino effect of sorts, leading to the injuries of other people. Pick the character who made a huge accident by falling asleep at the wheel.
Who is this character?
This next one is the hardest question of the entire quiz. An attending urologist at the hospital, this character calls himself an "old-dog." He appeared in only one episode from season 1. He's known for being stern and supervised Miranda Bailey while she did a surgery. It was a biopsy on a patient's prostate. Finding cancer, Bailey told the doctor it was only in the prostate. She went on to do something that ticked him off though. Pick the name of this character.